Doha:
The Arab and Muslims leaders called on an examination of links with Israel on Monday after the deadly strike last week in the Qatari capital which killed six people, a joint declaration after the Arab League (AL) and the summit of the Islamic Cooperation Organization (OIC) in Doha.
The AL and OIC emergency session has brought together nearly 60 countries. The summit sought to take firm measures after Israel’s attack on Hamas officials hosted by Qatar when they discussed a proposal for the ceasefire from Gaza.
The joint declaration of the summit urged “all states to take all possible legal and effective measures to prevent Israel from continuing their actions against the Palestinian people”, in particular “examining diplomatic and economic relations with it, and initiating legal proceedings against it”.
The compatriots of Qatar The Nations of the Gulf The United Arab Emirates (Water) and Bahrain, as well as Egypt, Jordan and Morocco, who recognized Israel, were one of the people present. The United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco, which signed the Abraham agreements five years ago, had sent main representatives.
The summit aimed to express pressure on Israel, which faces assembly calls to end the war and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The press release urged Member States to “coordinate efforts to suspend members of Israel at the United Nations”.
Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani accused Israel of having tried to scupper the cease-fire talks by shooting Hamas negotiators. “The one who works with diligence and systematically to assassinate the party with whom he negotiates, intends to thwart negotiations,” said the emir at the top.
Saudi crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman was also one of the people present in talks, just like Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Shahbaz and Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas.
“Tomorrow could be the turn of any Arab or Islamic capital,” said Pezeshkian, whose country fought a 12 -day war with Israel in June. “The choice is clear. We have to unite.” Turkish president Erdogan accused Israel of adopting a “terrorist mentality”, while the countries in turn snapping it on Gaza.
President Abdelfattah al-Sissi, from Egypt, warned that the Israeli attack in Qatar “makes obstacles in terms of possibilities of new peace agreements and even prohibits existing peace agreements with the countries of the region”.
